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. 2018 Nov;27(11):1248-1251.
doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-18-0807.

Rural Cancer Control: Bridging the Chasm in Geographic Health Inequity

S Jane Henley  1 , Ahmedin Jemal  2
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Rural Cancer Control: Bridging the Chasm in Geographic Health Inequity

S Jane Henley et al. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2018 Nov.
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Conflicts of interest: We have no conflict of interest to declare.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Healthy People 2020 objectives for cancer and average annual death rates (per 100,000 persons, age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population) from selected cancers (A. Lung Cancer, B. Cervical Cancer, C. Colorectal Cancer, D. Prostate Cancer) by county classification—United States, 2011–2015. Healthy People 2020 objectives for cancer death rates are indicated with a dotted line (Reference 13). Counties were identified using the United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service 2013 vintage rural-urban continuum code, which categorizes nonmetropolitan counties by degree of urbanization and adjacency to a metro area, and metropolitan counties by the population size of their metro area (https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/rural-urban-continuum-codes/). (Adapted from Reference 6).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Trends in cancer death rates (per 100,000 persons, age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population) from 2006 to 2015 in U.S. rural (nonmetropolitan) and metropolitan counties. The Healthy People 2020 objective for cancer death rate is indicated with a dotted line (Reference 13). Average annual percent change (AAPC) in rates calculated using joinpoint regression was used to describe trends. (Adapted from Reference 6)
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Healthy People 2020 objectives related to cancer, including social determinants of health, health risk behaviors, recommended vaccination against cancer-causing viruses, and recommended cancer screening. Data for most indicators are from the 2015 or 2016 National Health Interview Surveys reported in the Healthy People 2020 database (Reference 13); data for poverty are from the 2016 Current Population Survey (Reference 13); data for obesity prevalence are from the 2016 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (Reference 18) and data for vaccination rates are from the 2015 National Immunization Survey (Reference 21).
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